Event
Belgium’s withdrawal from UNAMIR, April 1994
After ten of its soldiers were killed, Belgium withdrew its contingent and urged the Security Council to withdraw the whole force.
- Dates
- 12 Apr 1994
Connections 2
involved
- Belgian government decided to withdraw and lobbied the Council Primary record 1
- Boutros Boutros-Ghali met Belgium’s foreign minister Primary record 1
Timeline 1 date
- 12 Apr 1994 Belgium’s withdrawal from UNAMIR, April 1994
Proof 1 source
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Report of the Independent Inquiry into the Actions of the United Nations during the 1994 Genocide in Rwanda (S/1999/1257) [the UN PDF is an image scan; quoted text is taken from the copy of the UN web page archived at phdn.org/archives/www.ess.uwe.ac.uk/documents/RwandaReport1.htm (Parts I to V)], United Nations, 15 Dec 1999.
Primary record
Claes stated that Belgium had to make a choice and had decided to withdraw its units from Rwanda.
The Secretary-General met the Foreign Minister of Belgium, Mr Willy Claes, in Bonn on 12 April.
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